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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-0492

Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 1.56%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

CVSS 3.0
7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.56% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
beep project/beep · debian/debian linux
Source
security@debian.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.